possum Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 24, 2026 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindScientific Reasoning Tagged , brain, Bruce Greyson, cardiac arrest, Charlotte Martial, coma, dying brain, emergency room, evidence, evolution, evolutionary psychology, explainaway, Galileo Galilei, geocentric cosmology, Kristin French, Marieta Pehlivanova, Mark Johnson, Messiah University, Michael Egnor, Michael Zignarelli, Nautilus, near-death experiences, Netherlands, neuroscience, opossum, optical illusions, possum, Real Clear Science, stereotypical behavior, thanatosis, Venus, Washington Post What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences Denyse O’Leary July 24, 2026 Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning 5 Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Read More ›
doctor-carrying-a-cooler-box-for-organ-transport-doctor-ensu-772968242-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 17, 2026 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , assisted suicide, Australia, Belgium, bioethics, brain cancer, Canada, cause of death, coma, dead donor rule, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, homicide, medical ethics, mentally ill, natural resources, Netherlands, New Zealand, npr, organ donation, organ-harvesting, patients, recontextualization, Robert D. Truog, Spain, suffering, The New England Journal of Medicine Ghoulish Proposal: Killing for Organs Gets a Prestige Endorsement Wesley J. Smith July 17, 2026 Bioethics, Medicine 5 Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested. Read More ›
